Exam 1

2. Functionalism Is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability (rather than change).
3. The study of how family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes.
4. Perspective Opposition and conflict define a given society and are necessary for social evolution.
8. A periodic count of people in a population and their characteristics, usually performed as an official government function.
11. The amount necessary for a male earner to provide subsistence for his wife and children without them having to work for pay.
12. perspective A perspective that projects an image of society as the collective expression of shared norms and values.
13. Theory The theory that individuals or groups with different resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains.
15. Theory A theory of the historical emergence of the individual as an actor in society and how individually changed personal and institutional relationships.
16. Family A group of individuals related by birth, marriage or adoption.
18. The process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure in their own personalities.
19. Groups of related people, bound by connections that are biological, legal or emotional.
20. The institutional arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation takes place.

1. A group of people that lives and eats separately from other groups.
5. Theory A theory that seeks to understand and ultimately reduce inequality between men and women.
6. Perspective The study of the family trajectories of individuals and groups as they progress through their lives, in a social and historical context.
7. A theory concerned with the ability of humans to see themselves through the eyes of others and to enact social roles based on others expectations.
9. The institutional arena where, through political means behavior is legally regulated, violence is controlled, and resources are redistributed.
10. Family The people to whom we feel related and who we expect to define us as members of their family.
14. Arena The institutional arena where people practice intimacy, childbearing and socialization, and caring work.
17. The study of ancestry and family history.
18. Generation Middle class, middle aged raising adolescent children and caring for aging parents.